Bruce William Deckert Email & Phone Number

Collinsville, Connecticut

TODAY Publishing + TODAY Magazine • Community ​News ​That ​Matters ​Nationwide• Recording Connecticut's Underreported Upside• Covering the Heart of the Farmington Valley and Beyond• 5 Towns • 1 Aim > Exceptional Community Journalism • Award-Winning860-988-1910 — office landlineoffice@todaypublishing.netwww.todaypublishing.netBRIEF PUBLISHING HISTORY• Today Magazine • Monthly Digital Magazine — January 2021 to present• Today Magazine • Monthly Print + Digital Magazine — July 2019 to December 2020• Avon Today, Canton Today and Simsbury Today magazines — April-May-June 2019• Canton Today magazine — October 2018 to March 2019AWARDS• Today Publishing — 68 SPJ awards — 2019-2024• Society of Professional Journalists • SPJ — Connecticut Chapter• 2024 – Today​ Wins Most SPJ Awards ​Among ​Connecticut Magazine​s PRINT EDITION — Print + Digital Special Edition in the works• Print magazine mailed to 100% of Valley's five core towns — all residences + all businesses• Avon • Canton • Farmington • Granby • Simsbury • No other magazine or advertising mailer reaches 100% of the Valley, to our knowledge• Cost Per 1000 — lower than other two Valley mags, by far TODAY ONLINE — 24/7 DIGITAL NEWS SITE • Single-URL storiesTODAY PUBLISHING — News + Ad Upside• PRINT + DIGITAL — Best of both worlds — entire magazine is full-color glossy• PRINT CIRCULATION: 42,000+ — More than double two other Valley mags • 100% DISTRIBUTION — Print edition mailed to Valley's entire upper-income demographic + all other houses, apartments and businesses in the Valley's five strategic towns• POWERFUL DIGITAL PRESENCE — Ads in Today Online + Monthly Digital Magazine + Advertising Sponsors Directory — linked to advertiser websites• COMPELLING LOCAL CONTENT — Managed by multiple-award-winning journalist

• Offer seasoned craftsmanship in editing, design, writing, marketing, PR and more

• Wrote and edited stories for spring sports using Sidearm tool

• Skillfully edited highest-priority stories for world's most iconic sports website

Bristol, Connecticut, Usa

COPY DESK EDITOR • 2005 - 2015​Chosen by editor-in-chief to be part of inaugural ESPN Digital Media copy desk • Expertly enhanced the highest-priority content — features, hard news, blogs, long-form — for world's most iconic sports website, receiving millions of hits daily • Using WordPress, Scribe and other tools, achieved top-notch editing while exceeding story-quota goals• Took initiative to learn SEO best practice and communicate findings to colleagues.• Identified areas where the ESPN.com Stylebook was silent and recommended hundreds of potential additions, in cooperation with the stylebook editor, resulting in helpful new entries.• Mentored several younger editors and generated story ideas for various sports editors.• Collaborated with assigning editors and writers, soliciting their expert input in search of revision solutions and routinely explaining key changes made to copy.• Recommended sitewide improvements that resulted in a more user-friendly ESPN.com experience.TALENT-INTEGRATION EDITOR • 2000 - 2005• Served as ghostwriter — interviewed TV analysts/anchors and wrote columns under their bylines. • Managed websites branded by ESPN’s on-air talent — Dick Vitale, Dan Patrick, Chris Mortensen, Mel Kiper — and edited their content, wrote display text and updated the sites. • Coordinated and edited content furnished to ESPN.com by various TV analysts/anchors.• Wrote three ESPN.com articles that were praised by editors and readers, leading to a book publisher's inquiry and, indirectly, to the publishing of the Serengeti Friendship book — see Accomplishments below. • Directed two younger editors in the talent-integration group.COLLEGE CLUBHOUSE EDITOR + NEWS EDITOR • 1999-2000

Bristol And New Britain, Connecticut

SUNDAY EDITION EDITOR, Herald Press (1999)• Managed newsroom personnel — reporters, editors, photographers, composing staff — on Saturdays to produce the collaborative Sunday edition of three JRC newspapers.• Oversaw planning and implementation each week in preparation for the Sunday edition.• Edited stories, wrote headlines, designed pages and penned an occasional column.PAGE 1 EDITOR, Bristol Press (1998 - 1999)• Edited Page 1 stories, wrote headlines and designed Page 1 daily — working together with reporters, photographers, composing staff and the editor-in-chief.• Won Page 1 Design Award: Second Place — Society of Professional Journalists.NEWS DESK EDITOR, Bristol Press (1997 - 1998)• Edited stories, wrote headlines and designed various pages.NEWS EDITOR, Imprint • Wethersfield Post Editor (1996 - 1997)• Worked as editor and reporter for several Imprint weeklies — also designed pages. • Managed staff reporter and freelancers.• Won Op-Ed Writing Award: First Place — Society of Professional Journalists.

Winsted And West Simsbury, Connecticut

• Provided editing, design, writing, marketing and PR services

West Simsbury, Connecticut

Also — coached varsity basketball and middle school basketball, soccer and softball

Raymond, New Hampshire

Bachelor’S Degree, English

• Concentration — Secondary Education • Journalism co-op internship — The Salem Evening News, Salem, MA

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